Islanders head coach Barry Trotz addresses the team during training camp at the Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow on Sept. 25. Credit: Brad Penner
The Islanders didn’t practice on Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean they weren’t preparing for their 13-game road trip to resume against the Canadiens on Thursday night.
Video preparation can sometimes be as instructive as on-ice work. And the Islanders used Tuesday’s meetings to go over video on the Canadiens.
"I think it’s pretty important," said Barry Trotz, an NHL coach since 1998. "Video doesn’t lie. We didn’t have video a number of years ago.